averse
French, noun/a.vɛʁs/
averse is spelled A-V-E-R-S-E (6 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,485th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Averse is a French feminine noun meaning “shower, rainshower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pluie soudaine, abondante et généralement brève”.
What does averse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshower, rainshower
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pluie soudaine, abondante et généralement brève.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of averse
- averses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce averse?
- /a.vɛʁs/
- \a.vɛʁs\
- [a.vɛʁs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to averse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is averse in French?
averse appears 1.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).